| Show I MARV GR HAM HAM BONN BONNER rR 1 NOI PORKY PIGS PIG'S LETTERS Betty had pissed by the animals and the Hie lie barnyard and she hadn t said saida a word as she he usually ally did Always Ahva s she ha had f spoken to them un Ull until 4 Ul this time Ume I All the animals talked and a non on 1 r dered what hat Betty etty i 1 had meant by not notI 1 II Al V o I A speaking to them them ii She he had not seemed to be carrl cir car rl 2 1 ring r ing any seeds eeds with her nor any lumps humps of ot sugar sugar- S y i V no Betty was h beba behaving v I n g I r Ir I very queerly today i they I y r thought v Grunt G t gr grunt u n t B 8 que q u e a 1 I squeal Quack Quack sal said the pigs asSaid asSaid as Said the tho Ducks she walked by the pen without throw throw- throwIng throwing throwing ing in n any pig weed Quack quack said the ducks what s a the matter with Betty 7 No comm gobble gobble gob gob- gobble gobble gobble ble gobble what in the world does this mean asked the turkeys tow Betty had gone off in the cor- cor corner cor corner ner of ot the barnyard near the sture p She sat do down n on her favorite old stump and opened the book she had bad with herIt herIt her herIt It was as an unusually mild day for tor forthe forthe the winter Inter time Then she began reading rending her book She begun reading out the letters and with Ith her eyes bent upon the book she sat and sat sat She hid just started her ber reading lessons The animals were standing around her The roosters hens and chickens had all wandered near the stump The ducks and geese were waddlIng around and the pigs from the pen kept hept grunting and ind squealing She She ne never neer er gave ve us anything to eat She never ne spoke to us they kept say sayIng saying sayIng Ing It s really most extremely strange Sud Suddenly enly Belt Dett Betty noticed them as she looked up for tor a second from her book the he animals were vere trying to look their best and to attract her attention I didn t mean to forget torget about you yon but I in 01 binning to rea read she said Its so hard at first I in III Just be- be beginning beginning be beginning ginning to understand Some words are all right Porky from his Ills pen Food rood is a nice word and pig pigweed eed is another The other animals laughed but Bet Betty Betty Betty ty was getting goodies out of or her pocket to give gle gl e to them How happy they were that she had not forgotten them The roosters crowed the hens clucked the ducks duds quacked the tur turkeys keys he s gobbled the pigs squealed and grunted and the geese cried In theIr shrill voices e e are very much obliged 1 he e were afraid you had forgotten all the dainties you usually bring us It It was that les Fes lesson Fesson lesson son I had bad come out outto outto W Wr r ev to study upon my f fa stump M Betty said sIt The anImals weren't quite sure what what she was SlY siy i In ing but at least i s sf f she was paying at atten att ten e n t 11 Ion o n to them L now u uThe The diy day ended ended sery ery happily for tor pit 7 t Betty Betty had got so soshe soshe soshe she understood the t book and und the animals ani i 6 mals mall had received recel J i d tt her her attention and v sl gifts of food tood from lien ller Some Words Are Aro Ar ArAll But Porky Pig All 11 Right went went around siy- siy Ing people could get along with fe fewer feer er words than they do They TIley could coult just use a few really I Important moSt ones most Important ot of otI all of ot which Is I I |
